Password rejection problem

Hi, I've been using my Mac for quite some time now but have always been unable to use Mail. Everytime I click 'get mail' a diolouge box appears and asks me to enter a password for my address, I enter the password and hit ok, a few seconds later the box reappears with the message 'The .Mac server “mail.mac.com” rejected the password for user “tymonemery” Please re-enter your password, or cancel.' I'm sure my password is correct as I use it for a number of other apps and logging in. I would really like to use Mail as I feel I'm missing out on the use of a Mac based mail account and have had to resort to using an internet mail service. I hope someone can help or shed some light as to what might be happening. Thanks in advance.

You're welcome.
I live in SBC's backyard and although I have friends who are and/or have been SBC DSL customers and SBC constantly tries to get me to change from Time Warner Cable modem service (RoadRunner) - after learning SBC decided to block the use of SMTP servers outside of their network not long ago without informing any of their customers beforehand, I changed my mind from giving them any consideration even though they are significantly less expensive than cable modem internet access. Generally, you get what you pay for.
All ISPs have temporary incoming mail server problems from time to time. Besides an occasional incoming mail server hiccup (usually early in the morning 2-4 AM, etc.), I've had zero problems with Time Warner and I've been a customer approaching 4 years. When SBC has problems, the problems always seem to be major and I'd rather pay more per month and not have to deal with or worry about the next major SBC problem.

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I also an "Internet password" item with a name of just login.yahoo.com. When I open the the password item, it looks just like the password item created for MyAccountName#1, but the MyAccountName#2 is listed in the Account field. Inside the Access Control tab, no apps are listed in access permission. I added Safari and Chrome to the lists of allowed app, saved the password item.
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BTW, I changed the password item type from "Internet password" to "Web Form password" and saw no difference! I also edited the name to be "login.yahoo.com (MyAccountName#2)" to look like the web form password item that works, but it has no effect either.
From my experimentation, here's my observation:
1. A Web Form password item is created for the first account name(MyAccountName#1) for login.yahoo.com and typed as Web Form password. When I log in using MyAccountName#2, an Internet Password is created, but no applications are listed as allowed to access the password item, even when the password item was created after just logged in and logged out to yahoo with the account name and password for MyAccountName#2.
2. Manually adding Safari as an app that is allowed to use the password item works. Doesn't work with Chrome!
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With extraordinary arrogance BT have closed a thread again before a problem has been solved. A considerable number of customers have been suffering for some years with perfectly valid passwords being rejected by BT Yahoo email servers. Some of us have been fobbed off with fatuous replies from all levels of support along the lines of - it is your fault, your email client is at fault, you are accessing your mail through multiple devices and so on.
The following thread (started July 2011) has been closed by a "Moderator" and I quote from his post
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Thread closed - problem solved. But it isnt, the same old thing is happening again this morning. BT is right and the customer is always wrong.

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On behalf of my mother!
Clients: iMail, iPhone iMail (set to Push)
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At first it was just the desktop Mail which rejected the password, now however it is both. I have logged into the Yahoo mail web application, which works fine. I also changed the password, however neither client works.
I am now aware that this used to be a fairly major problem (http://community.bt.com/t5/Other-BB-Queries/E-mail-password-rejection/td-p/234061/page/68) but that thread was locked months ago and this is a recent problem.
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I was surprised by your reply to BedeH as I have this afternoon been speaking to BT Yahoo tech support about the same or a similar problem who told me that rejecting passwords was still an open known fault that was being worked on.
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This wasaproblem a few months ago
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All happening again today.
I DESPAIR of BTOpenworld

Am also having exactly the same irritating problem as davrh (the original poster).
My configuration is Intel iMac, OS X 10.5.8 & Apple Mail 3.6.
Worked fine for about 3 years, then started rejecting passwords as below:-
The POP server “mail.btinternet.com” rejected the password for user “[email protected]”
Please re-enter your password, or cancel.
Problem started about five months ago. I am using 3 BTinternet mail addresses within 2 Apple user accounts on the same iMac - all the BT e-mail addresses have the same problem.
Interestingly, a gmail account operated within the Mail client does not have the problem.
I have increased the time period for the Apple mail client to "check for new mail", as an attempt reduce the number of pop-ups and relieve the irritation factor.
As passwords are set within in the Mail client account information, this should not be an invalid password issue.
I suspect it may be a timing issue on the BT Mail server side.
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+OK
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Baron,
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Edit 10 minutes later: see also http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_pop.htm
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